World in Action

Season 7

TV-PG
A documentary series focusing on current affairs.

Where to Watch Season 7

42 Episodes

  • Everybody's Children
    E1
    Everybody's ChildrenI believe this is about school children at school doing a play on freedom and the Vietnam war also playing a general
  • The Quiet Mutiny
    E2
    The Quiet MutinyEmbedded documentary, shot on site during the Vietnam War, showing how young draftees are critical about that war.
  • The Man Who Made Biafra
    E3
    The Man Who Made Biafra
  • Pigs?
    E4
    Pigs?Members of the Cincinnati Police Force discuss the increasing animosity being dealt out by the public towards policemen.
  • They're Only Human Beings Like Everybody Else
    E5
    They're Only Human Beings Like Everybody ElseThere are about 1,500,000 severely physically handicapped people in the United Kingdom. There are, therefore, 1,500,000 handicapped families. This means there are 6,750,000 people directly involved with the problems of the disabled.
  • A Business Arrangement
    E6
    A Business Arrangement
  • S.A.L.T.
    E7
    S.A.L.T.
  • Goodbye Mr. Smith?
    E8
    Goodbye Mr. Smith?
  • The Mountain People
    E9
    The Mountain PeopleAmerica's poor whites of the Appalachia region, who fear there maybe violence against them in the future.
  • The Final Harvest
    E10
    The Final Harvest
  • The Man Who Wouldn't Keep Quiet
    E11
    The Man Who Wouldn't Keep Quiet
  • The Schemes of Jerome D. Hoffman
    E12
    The Schemes of Jerome D. HoffmanFollows the trail of New York financier Hoffman,who's empire had just crashed leaving investors in the UK out of pocket.
  • The Law Shop
    E13
    The Law Shop
  • Oh! Birmingham
    E14
    Oh! Birmingham
  • The Dumping Grounds
    E15
    The Dumping GroundsThe problems of malnutrition leading to mental and physical problems among the children of resettled black South African families.
  • American Radio
    E16
    American Radio
  • Round One
    E17
    Round One
  • The Dutschke Affair
    E18
    The Dutschke Affair
  • The Village That Quit
    E19
    The Village That QuitA village is asked to give up smoking for a week and the results monitored.
  • The Monday Club
    E20
    The Monday Club
  • The Breaking Point
    E21
    The Breaking Point
  • Square One
    E22
    Square OneWith renewed fighting through Ulster, has the conflict gone back to square one?
  • Lucky
    E23
    LuckyFollows the life of an 18 year old from Devon who arrives in London penniless and has to sleep rough, but eventually with help manages to find a job and somewhere to live.
  • Ford: The Inside Story
    E24
    Ford: The Inside Story
  • The Truants
    E25
    The TruantsWorld In Action talks to three teenage truants about what they get up to when they "wag off" school.
  • The Man Who Stole Uganda
    E26
    The Man Who Stole UgandaA military coup has taken place in Uganda, but what is the real story behind the rumours?
  • As It Was in the Beginning...
    E27
    As It Was in the Beginning...Uses footage from previous editions of World in Action to present a history of the troubles so far.
  • The Year Britain Stopped Growing
    E28
    The Year Britain Stopped GrowingInvestigates the claim that lack of investment in the UK will seriously affect its competitiveness with mainland Europe.
  • South of the Border
    E29
    South of the BorderAttitudes in Eire to the IRA and the situation in Ulster.
  • The Salvation Army
    E30
    The Salvation Army
  • Sailors' Jail
    E31
    Sailors' Jail
  • Going Private
    E32
    Going PrivateInvestigates the controversy surrounding private patients and their consultants and whether they are exploiting the NHS.
  • The Tanzam Railway
    E33
    The Tanzam Railway
  • A 2.9% Swing to Democracy in Bradford
    E34
    A 2.9% Swing to Democracy in Bradford
  • Death Is Afraid of Us
    E35
    Death Is Afraid of UsSome people in the country of Georgia claim to be over a 100 years old and still working like people half their age.
  • Conversations with a Working Man
    E36
    Conversations with a Working ManFollowing one working class man through the struggles of his average day, to show how the forgotten majority are living in Britain.
  • Anthony Mascarenhas
    E37
    Anthony Mascarenhas
  • A Woman's Place
    E38
    A Woman's Place
  • The Dust at Acre Mill
    E39
    The Dust at Acre Mill
  • Major Khaled's War
    E40
    Major Khaled's War
  • End of a Journey
    E41
    End of a Journey
  • The Man from No. 10
    E42
    The Man from No. 10

 

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